From 3e6dba097ea293f7cb40bb335cf8d2249b39e039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kolam <kolam@web>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 19:32:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

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+I'm trying to set up two client repositories that don't communicate directly with one another, but sync their data using a transfer repository.
+
+Here's the script I used for creating a reproducible environment:
+
+```
+#/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Just a way to access the script's directory
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+DIR="$(pwd)"
+
+# Create the 1st client repository
+mkdir $DIR/client1
+cd $DIR/client1
+git init && git annex init
+
+# Create the 2nd client repository
+mkdir $DIR/client2
+cd $DIR/client2
+git init && git annex init
+
+# Create the transfer repository
+mkdir $DIR/share
+cd $DIR/share
+git init && git annex init
+
+# Setup the remotes and groups for the transfer repository
+cd $DIR/share
+git remote add client1 $DIR/client1
+git remote add client2 $DIR/client1
+git annex group . transfer
+git annex group client1 client
+git annex group client2 client
+git co -b main
+
+# Setup the remotes and groups for the 1st client repository.
+cd $DIR/client1
+git remote add share $DIR/share
+git annex group . client
+git annex group share transfer
+git annex config --set annex.addunlocked true
+git co -b main
+
+# Setup the remotes and groups for the 2nd client repository.
+cd $DIR/client2
+git remote add share $DIR/share
+git annex group . client
+git annex group share transfer
+git annex config --set annex.addunlocked true
+git co -b main
+
+# Run git-annex assistant for each repository
+cd $DIR/client1 && git annex assistant
+cd $DIR/client2 && git annex assistant
+cd $DIR/share && git annex assistant
+
+# Add a single file to the 1st client.
+cd $DIR/client1
+touch file.txt
+
+# Need to do this if there are no commits in the 'client2' and 'share' repositories.
+# Or else, I'll get the following logs:
+#
+# merge: refs/remotes/share/main - not something we can merge
+# merge: refs/remotes/share/synced/main - not something we can merge
+sleep 3;
+cd $DIR/share
+git pull client1 main
+sleep 3;
+cd $DIR/client2
+git pull share main
+
+cd $DIR/client1
+echo "My first line" >> file.txt
+```
+
+However, after letting `git-annex assistant` do it's thing, `file.txt` seems to never be dropped from the `share` transfer repository.
+Event after running `git-annex sync --content`, the `git-annex whereis file.txt` gives:
+
+```
+whereis file.txt (3 copies) 
+        274b3417-1bf3-47b3-a75e-53ebe7ca20d8 -- user@server:~/share [share]
+        7cc7d6a8-6230-4d2c-8414-1b45b2fc14d8 -- user@server:~/client2
+        bdfea36f-d011-4950-8be0-1668f5e56f5c -- user@server:~/client1 [here]
+ok
+```
+
+The documentation says that the file should be automatically dropped, but that doesn't happen here.